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The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

% twd responsible duties wifch satisfaction fco the Subscribers , and with benefit to the Annuitants . Tho Committee is desirous of expressing , in conclusion , fche earnest hope that these increasingly urgent appeals for aid in carrying ont the benevolent intentions of the founders and supporters of fche Institution will be as generously listened to in the future as they have been in the past . Notwithstanding the great increase whioh has been made of late years in the number of Annuitants there has heen concurrentlv . at the close of each successive annual election , a

very large number of unsuccessful candidates , the alleviation of whose sad necessities has inevitably been deferred ' for afc least a further twelvemonths , a circumstance whioh fche Committee mosfc deeply deplores . Subjoined is a statement of fche Eeceipfcs and Expenditure during the year ended the 31 sfc March 1885 , together with the usual particulars of the permanent income of fche Institution .

The Chiswick Mark Lodge , No . 357 , will be consecrated at the Star and Garter Hotel , Kew Bridge , on Saturday , the 20 fch of June . Bro . Dr . Alfred Meadows , G . S . D . Grand Craft Lodge of England , is the "W . M . designate , and amongst the Founders are some of the best known Craftsmen of the day . We anticipate this new Lodge will be a great success .

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FIRE AT FREEMASONS' HALL ? LAKGE photographs of the Temple , taken immediately after the fire , on -lth May ( suitable for framing ) , 5 s each ; or framed in oak , securely packed , sent to any address in the United Kingdom , carriage paid , on receipt of cheque for 15 s . Masters of Lodges should secure this memorial of the old Temple for their Lodge rooms . W . G . PABKEE , Photographer , 40 High Holborn , "W . C . "Established 25 years

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The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

% twd responsible duties wifch satisfaction fco the Subscribers , and with benefit to the Annuitants . Tho Committee is desirous of expressing , in conclusion , fche earnest hope that these increasingly urgent appeals for aid in carrying ont the benevolent intentions of the founders and supporters of fche Institution will be as generously listened to in the future as they have been in the past . Notwithstanding the great increase whioh has been made of late years in the number of Annuitants there has heen concurrentlv . at the close of each successive annual election , a

very large number of unsuccessful candidates , the alleviation of whose sad necessities has inevitably been deferred ' for afc least a further twelvemonths , a circumstance whioh fche Committee mosfc deeply deplores . Subjoined is a statement of fche Eeceipfcs and Expenditure during the year ended the 31 sfc March 1885 , together with the usual particulars of the permanent income of fche Institution .

The Chiswick Mark Lodge , No . 357 , will be consecrated at the Star and Garter Hotel , Kew Bridge , on Saturday , the 20 fch of June . Bro . Dr . Alfred Meadows , G . S . D . Grand Craft Lodge of England , is the "W . M . designate , and amongst the Founders are some of the best known Craftsmen of the day . We anticipate this new Lodge will be a great success .

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FIRE AT FREEMASONS' HALL ? LAKGE photographs of the Temple , taken immediately after the fire , on -lth May ( suitable for framing ) , 5 s each ; or framed in oak , securely packed , sent to any address in the United Kingdom , carriage paid , on receipt of cheque for 15 s . Masters of Lodges should secure this memorial of the old Temple for their Lodge rooms . W . G . PABKEE , Photographer , 40 High Holborn , "W . C . "Established 25 years